Verconia verconis explained

Verconia verconis is a species of sea slug or dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae.^{[1] [2]}

Distribution

This marine species occurs off South Australia.

Description

The holotype, after being duly presented in the original paper, has been lost or resides in an unknown repository. Until this species is collected again, it must remain an unknown quantity ^[3]

References

• Rudman, W. B. (1984). The Chromodorididae (Opisthobranchia: Mollusca) of the Indo-West Pacific: a review of the genera. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 81(2): 115–273. page(s): 117, 167

Notes and References

1. Bieler, R.; Bouchet, P.; Caballer, M. (2015). Verconia verconis (Basedow & Hedley, 1905). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=533942 on 2016-01-13
2. Burn R. (2006) A checklist and bibliography of the Opisthobranchia (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of Victoria and the Bass Strait area, south-eastern Australia. Museum Victoria Science Reports 10:1–42. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=533942 on 2012-02-26
3. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38951203#page/156/mode/1up Robert Burn, Memoirs of the .Notes on a collection of Nudibranchia (Gastropoda : Dorididae and Dendrodorididae) from South Australia; National Museum of Victoria no. 25 (1962)